ESSAY-LIKE SUNDAY MORNING: WHAT WERE YOU DOING

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Yesterday’s lesson was about God’s Covenant with Abraham. He promised that he’d make him the “Father of a Multitude”;the father of nations. So, in essence, we are all family, or at the very least, neighbors on the same little blue marble.

Matthew 22:36-40 Living Bible (TLB)

36 “Sir, which is the most important command in the laws of Moses?”

37 Jesus replied, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.’38-39 This is the first and greatest commandment. The second most important is similar: ‘Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.’40 All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets stem from these two laws and are fulfilled if you obey them. Keep only these and you will find that you are obeying all the others.”

If, in fact, we are all family and/or neighbors, then why this:

08:30, on the morning of September 11, 2001, I left home, headed for work on my new job as the EMS Director for Clay County EMS. I drove south of Highway 27, in my 1995 black Firebird, listening to my “Candy Rain” CD by “Soul for Real”.

“08:46 Flight 11 crashes at roughly 466 mph (790 km/h or 219m/s or 425 knots) into the north face of the North Tower (1 WTC) of the World Trade Center. ”~Wikipedia. I, of course, was completely unaware of this event, as I cruised blissfully through the country side.

At 09:03, I walked into the day room of Clay County EMS just as; “Flight 175 crashes at about 590 mph (950 km/h, 264 m/s or 513 knots) into the south face of the South Tower (2 WTC) of the World Trade Center, between floors 77 and 85.”~Wikipedia. I there in awe and wondered to myself and possibly aloud “What the F**k!”

As the story developed, we learned what had happened.

The story and the subsequent set of events and circumstances it spawned filled the news airwaves. Any other events or concerns were forgotten. Does anyone remember Gary Condit? He was a politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives for the 18th congressional district in the state of California from 1989 to 2003. He was also the lead story before the tragic terrorist events of “9-11”, who purportedly had an extramarital affair with intern; Chandra Levy, which was exposed after Levy’s disappearance in May 2001. He was also alleged to have murdered her. That story disappeared from the news.

The economy was tanking. President George W. Bush was under considerable fire for his failing economic policies. During this time, EVERYONE forgot about the economy and Ms. Levy’s death and banned together in a united front against the terrorists. The patriotic spirit was at an all-time high level. The political parties forgot about their differences and pledged to work together. Finally! Politicians would reach across party lines. Finally! “Partisan Politics” would be nullified. Finally! Brotherhood would prevail. But! Sadly the “Human Factor” was destined to show up and spoil it all.

One day, in the aftermath of the tragic events, and during the “Feel Good” era, I remember having a conversation with one of my EMT’s Lloyd Brown aka. “Lightning. I said, “Man, you just watch. Everything is all love, hugs and handshakes right now, but, just wait and see. In a few months or a year; it’ll be business as usual. Everyone will have gotten over this patriotism, brotherhood and love stuff. The politicians will be back at their same old political “BS” and “Bi-Partisan” fighting. All will be “un-well” with the world again.” NOW LOOK!

I suggest the following: Post memes, wave flags, have parades and special events to mark the “9-11” Tragedy, BUT MORE THAN THAT! LET’S TRY TO REMEMBER THE FEELING WE HAD AS WE UNITED IN A COMMON CAUSE. THAT’S WHAT IS NEEDED; NOW MORE THAN EVER!

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